Syrian Haj Pilgrims get special treatment
RIYADH: Ali Bluwi ARABNEWS Monday 22 October 2012 Under the direction of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, the Saudi government is giving preferential treatment to Syrian refugees […]
Face it, teachers cloak in aprons to dodge cams
Source: TOI There isn’t a formal diktat but it’s the talk of staff rooms after many women teachers noticed students taking pictures of them with mobile cameras. KOCHI: Managements of several private schools in Kerala want women teachers to adopt a dress code to avoid prying eyes of male students. […]
Country’s religious woes
Source: Daily Times via Wasim Sroya: What is needed is a paradigm realignment of the country; unless Pakistan is declared a secular state there will not be any tangible development on the human rights front. According to the Minority Rights Group International, Pakistan had the world’s highest increase of threats […]
Breakthrough in world’s oldest undeciphered writing
By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent Experts working on proto-Elamite hope they are on the point of ‘a breakthrough’ The world’s oldest undeciphered writing system, which has so far […]
The 1974 NA proceedings on the Ahmadi issue. A must read article:
Source: Dailytimes via Wasim Sroya: The argument of both Ahmadi delegations was simple and straightforward: whatever the personal views of a sect within Islam, the state had to remain neutral and respect each sect’s interpretation. In other words, if a person professes to be a Muslim, the matter becomes one […]
Halloween exorcism: US school bans US holiday
RT: It looks like there’ll be no trick-or-treating this year in a school in Seattle as the administration has banned students from celebrating Halloween. One of America’s most beloved holidays, known for extravagant get ups and plenty of candy, was cancelled on the grounds of the possible offence that might […]
Religious Affiliation and Sexual Behavior-Muslims, Hindus, Christians and Jews
ScienceDaily (Oct. 17, 2012) — Hindus and Muslims are less likely than Christians and Jews to have premarital sex, and Muslims are the least likely among people of these religious groups to have extramarital sex, according to a new study that analyzed data on premarital and extramarital sexual behaviors in over […]
Picture of the Day-Natural Coloured Rocks
Antelope Canyon, Arizona – Natural Coloured Rocks !
Mansa Musa, the Muslim King of Mali
As Mali is in the News these days, let’s look at their history: (from ‘Africa for Kids’). http://africa.mrdonn.org/mansamusa.html To the people in the African kingdoms, the word “mansa” means king […]
Racism watchdogs demand action after mosque stormed
France24: Posted by: Chaudhry Maqsood ur Rehman. Anti-racism organisations in France are demanding the government launch a swift crackdown against far-right groups, following the storming of a mosque in the west of the country. In strongly worded statements released on Sunday, two of France’s most high-profile racism watchdogs and a […]
Wagah Border’s Chacha Pakistani passes away at 90
Source: Tribune LAHORE: Chacha Pakistani, the man who come rain or shine would reach the Wagah Border for the flag ceremony, passed away at the age of 90 on Sunday. If you […]
English and Indonesian Children
Teaching Indonesia’s children by Adhityani Putri, Indonesian children may soon no longer be taught English in primary school. Musliar Kasim, the deputy education and culture minister, reasoned that teaching English […]
Iran denies report on secret nuclear talks with US
Source: TOI: TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday denied a New York Times report that it was engaged in direct bilateral talks with the United States over its disputed nuclear programme. “We are not involved in such a thing right now,” foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi told reporters when asked about the […]
Pope names 7 new saints, seeks to revive faith
Source: TOI VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI has added seven more saints onto the roster of Catholic role models as he tries to rekindle the faith in places where it’s lagging. Two are Americans: Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American saint from the US and Mother Marianne Cope, a 19th […]
Winston Churchill’s Land Rover sells for 129,000 pounds
Source: TOI: A Land Rover built for former British PM Winston Churchill on his 80th birthday has sold for a whopping 129,000 pounds at an auction in UK. LONDON: A Land Rover built for former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on his 80th birthday has sold for a whopping 129,000 […]
Don’t Tell Dad, I’m Going to Cuba
Source: NY Times: I LIED to my father, told him we were on Cape Cod when, in fact, we were bouncing around the battered streets of Havana in our friend José’s 1953 Chevrolet Deluxe, the one with the new Toyota engine but no working gauges on the dash. Nothing about […]
U.S. Officials Say Iran Has Agreed to Nuclear Talks
Source: WASHINGTON — The United States and Iran have agreed in principle for the first time to one-on-one negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, according to Obama administration officials, setting the stage for what could be a last-ditch diplomatic effort to avert a military strike on Iran. Iranian officials have insisted […]
Europe Turns Churches into Mosques
Source: Arutz Sheva By Giulio Meotti The Middle East is full of churches turned into Islamic sites, like the Umayyad in Damascus, the Ibn Tulun in Cairo and the cathedral […]
‘Mosque Occupation’ Outrages France
OnIslam & News Agencies Sunday, 21 October 2012 00:00 POITIERS, France – In the latest assault on Muslim worship places, a group of French far-rightists have stormed and occupied a […]